TECHNICAL NOTICE (September 30, 2009)
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources,
Description Conventions
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The codes listed below have been recently approved for use in
MARC 21 records. The codes will be added to
MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.
The codes should not be used in exchange records until
after October XX, 2009. This 60-day waiting period is required
to provide MARC 21 implementers time to include newly-defined
codes in any validation tables they may apply to the
MARC fields where the codes are used.
Other Sources
Field 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
The following codes are for use in subfield $2 in field
034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data) in the Authority and Bibliographic formats.
- Additions:
- aadcg -
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Antarctic Gazetteer
(Australian Antarctic Data Centre)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- acgms -
Atlas of Canada Gazetteer Map Service
(Natural Resources Canada)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- ahcb -
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
(Newberry Library)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- bcgnis -
BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS)
(Government of British Columbia )
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- cbf -
Cartographic Boundary Files
(U.S. Census Bureau)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- cga -
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
(Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR))
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- cgndb -
Canadian Geographical Names Database
(Natural Resources Canada)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- cgotw -
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
(Columbia University Press)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- esriarc -
ESRI ArcView
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gbos -
Ordnance Survey
(Great Britain Ordnance Survey)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- geoapn -
GeoScience Australia Place Names
(Geoscience Australia)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- geonames -
GeoNames
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- geonet -
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
(National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gettytgn -
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
(J. Paul Getty Trust)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gnis -
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
(United States Geological Survey, Board on Geographic Names)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gnrnsw -
Geographical Names Register of NSW
(New South Wales Government)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- goj -
Gazetteer of Japan
(Geographical Survey Institute, and the Hydrographic and Oceanographic
Department of the Japan Coast Guard)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gooearth -
Google Earth
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- gufn -
GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names
(General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO))
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- knab -
Kohanimeandmebaas (KNAB) (Eesti Keele Instituut)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- lwip -
Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- mwgd -
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
(Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- natmap -
The National Map-Boundaries (USGS)
(U.S. Geological Survey)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- nsgn -
Nova Scotia Geographical Names
(Province of Nova Scotia)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- peakbag -
Peakbagger.com
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- pnosa -
PlaceNames Online: South Australian State Gazetteer
(Government of South Australia, Department for
Transport, Energy and Infrastructure)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- pwme -
Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia
(Peakware)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- rsd -
Ramsar Sites Database
(Ramsar)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- sagns -
South African Geographical Names System
(South African Department of Arts and Culture)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- volwrld -
Volcano World
(Oregon Space Grant Consortium)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- vow -
Volcanoes of the World
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- wdpa -
World Database on Protected Areas (World Commission on Protected Areas)
[use only after November 30, 2009]
- whl -
World Heritage List
(UNESCO)
[use only after October XX, 2009]
- wld -
World Lakes Database
(International Lake Environment Committee)
[use only after October XX, 2009]
- other -
Other (A source other than one for which a unique
code has been established)
[use only after October XX, 2009]
The following code was previously defined for usage in subfield $2
in appropriate 6XX fields (Subject Added Entries/Index Terms) in
Bibliographic and Community
Information records; subfield $2 in fields 700-754 (Index Terms) in
Classification records; subfield $2 in fields 700-788 (Heading Linking
Entries) in Authority records; and subfield $f in field 040 (Cataloging
Source) in Authority records. Usage has been expanded for field 034 in
Authority and Bibliographic records.
- nzggn -
New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names
(New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB))
[use only after November 30, 2009 in field 034]
The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides
information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its Web site
(www.loc.gov/marc/) as well
as notices such as these to subscribers to its MARC listserv
(marc@loc.gov).
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